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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Ervin, Andrew, author.     Subjects     Video games -- History.     Video games -- Technological innovations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ervin, Andrew, author.       by title:      Bit by bit : how vid...         MARC Display

Bit by bit : how video games transformed our world / Andrew Ervin. by Ervin, Andrew, author. New York, NY : Basic Books, c2017. Subjects Video games -- History.   Video games -- Technological innovations. ISBN:  9780465039708 (hardcover) : 0465039707 (hardcover) Description:  viii, 290 pages ; 22 cm Contents:  1. Epic origins -- 2. Era of innovation -- 3. Atari -- 4. Call to adventure -- 5. Arcade projects -- 6. The first auteur -- 7. The renaissance -- 8. Dialing up -- 9. An American master -- 10. World of warcraft -- 11. Trigger warnings -- 12. Exile and the kingdom -- 13. New auteurs -- 14. The art question -- 15. Restart -- Appendix: My 11 favorite games. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Charting the material and technological history of video games, from the 1950s to the present"-- Ervin blends history, memoir and reportage to examine the explosive popularity of video games. He shows how games constitute a unique storytelling medium that offers us startling new ways to think about our lives and the world around us. And he argues that the best games, as defined by the aesthetic and even political ambitions of their creators, rise to the level of art.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 794.8 Er Checked In Add Copy to MyList Molokai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 794.8 Er Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 794.8 Er Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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